came home from work on a fiday nite 
couldn't wait to see ya 
you was gone in a flash 
no dinner no note 
tried to call your phone no answer

you're out partying with the guys 
and i'm not gonna take it no more 
i'm done with you

you ain't usin me 
tearin me apart 
like some dumb fool 
Oh...No...

(chorus) 
i'm headed southbound 
finally taken control 
got the monkey off my back 
i'm free.....

headed southbound 
never lookin back 
no more misery 
ooooh yeah 
southbound.........

headin down the road 
in the middle of the nite 
any where is better 
than waitin here for you

packin up 
ain't gonna turn back now 
you think i'm gonna be 
waitin on you..... 
Oh...No.....

(chorus) 
i'm headed southbound 
finally taken control 
got the monkey off my back 
i'm free.....

headed southbound 
never lookin back 
no more misery 
ooooh yeah 
southbound.........